They’re OFFENDED Because A White Girl Did This Dance? 

And those whose only future is ghetto.

@1234_Flux And 💯

Yes, it's merely their hatred showing, nothing more.

What do you expect when they've been taught Critical Race Theory since they were children? It's a derivative of Critical Theory which sharply splits everyone into either oppressors or oppressed. This one places white people as the oppressors no matter what. They say existing they are contributing to an oppressive symptom of whiteness like original sin. Anyone who denies being/acting racist means they are still a part of it. In grad school I saw that literally said out loud in a panel that was like a Chinese Communist struggle session.

Nah. They DON'T know. That's why they call others racist while being racist themselves while not realizing it.

They will love u more than their own kid

Being offended on behalf of another culture is closer to cultural appropriation than learning about and celebrating that culture is.

yea I'm indonesian, I can tell that we just laugh it off if she looks bad when wearing or doing our culture, but we'll praise her if she did good. we appreciate the 'bule' that enjoying our culture unless they disrespect it. if they're dumb we just call them 'bule gila' bule=mean albino/ foreigner in general term. gila= crazy/coocoo

They will be offended if a Malaysian did this. 🤣🤣

@@parisan9985 cause most likely malaysian would claim that its their culture

I've been often to Bali and I do really love it (also I wouldn't dance)

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As I was watching the video, I thought her expression was a bit strange and she should smile. But I finished watching the video and thought ahh ok. I also thought she is going to look really cool when she has the make up on.

I'm in the USA and I don't understand us either sometimes. Our culture has gotten to the point that some people make a hobby out of being offended, outraged and pretty much hateful about everything. And you're right, the kid is killing it. I love Balinese dancing!

It’s hard to explain this to people who don’t understand our sense of humor. I’m not Indonesian but Thai. Seeing other people learning our arts and culture. Put on our traditional dress makes us feeling more proud.

I'm I S they don't speak for all of us. I'm on your side

@@dianeduchesne1783 She should smile? Are you american by any chance? :)

And McDonald's

They will say that all non European already are banned... or at least used to be banned. It is only recently that non white performers became a thing in the ballet world. What they fail to realise (or admit) is their insistance that white people can't participate in other people's culture is EXACTLY the thing they complain was done to them when they weren't allowed in ballet. But you know, they don't want a world of equality and fairness. They want revenge.

Yea, and only people from Croatia may wear a tie or butterfly, only people from England may play soccer, and so on.

Or playing Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, and Vivaldi.

And from Opera, from Musicals, from the Western tv and movie industries, from the Western gaming industry, from Western theater etc. They've no issue when European culture is being appropriated by "minorities". Look at what has happened in Hollywood these recent years for the sake of "inclusion" which is another term for removing white people from their own cultural properties.

Multiethnic children will always be the most affected by bigotry.

It is interesting when the act of not answering a question ends up so loudly saying what words did not.

Hahahahahahah "Why are you wearing western clothes?", that's an awesome comeback Patricelee995, would have loved to see the expression on that ladies face after that.

One thing I've noticed is it's not usually people from the country in question that have problems with "cultural appropriation", it's usually the second gen or later that came to the US and England. For example, there was a movie called Ghost in the Shell, based on a very popular anime where Scarlet Johansson played the lead. Asian Americans seemed very upset because a white actress was playing an Asian character. But when they asked Japanese people if they had a problem, they said no, the character is an anime character and isn't particularly any race - they had no idea anyone had any problem. I do understand there are legitimate racial and ethnic issues but woke culture has made everyone so sensitive. Phony issues get in the way of dealing with actual problems - wearing another culture's clothing is not an actual problem.

For those complaining it is never cultural appropriation for them to take and use white culture, it’s never taboo for them to use what they call white privilege to improve their lives, or just to go through their daily life. The multi dysfunctional standards they use to blame, judge, and attack others can never be used to look at their lives. No that is forbidden and racist, homophobic, or some other tag they will use to explain their views when facts can’t be used or go against them.

Ziiing!

Which native american culture is that? Balinese dance?

but that was not natrive american lmao

Yup, it’s a made up issue by American liberals with nothing better to do. I’m from Cuba raised in the United States since I was seven I can tell you most cultures love when people participate it’s a show of respect. I went to Japan and you could rent a kimono I saw a few tourists wearing them. Not one person had an issue with it. I’ve noticed that people that complain the most have no real culture. They are too detached.

At least with Native American cultures, I've noticed here in Oklahoma a lot of people who look white are also Native American. Assuming something is appropriated could be actually accusing people of participating in their own culture lol. Looks are deceiving. The nations here are also happy to teach about their traditions.

​@@littlebigkicker I think that person who commented is Native American and made that comment on that basis. She was definitely not saying that was a Native American dance as far as I could tell.

Is she grew up there and that’s all she knows, then yeah she’l adopt or assimilate into the local culture.

Yeah! I think all of us in the region share the same feelings, we are happy about people learning and participating. Culture is to be shared and appreciated.

@@chazzitz-wh4ly And even if she is from another faraway place but is interested to dance in this style, she is free to do so. I am playing the Blues harp being a white German man. What am I supposed to do? Give it up? No one is going to tell me or my musician friends what we have to play, regardless of our land of birth, passport or even skin colour. What a bollocks! New fascists on the run here. Disgusting! Peace! from Dresden / Germany

Thank you.

If she was not white, then it would not matter.

ikr! it's like going to an italian restaurant and learning the chef isn't italian... implying people cannot master cuisine that isn't from their birth country?? Sometimes people baffle me, let others enjoy their lives dammit

Probably because tango comes from Argentina and Uruguay and both countries have a predominantly white population...just saying.

@@threeguineasx1391 oh no 😥 that must change everything I said …

Shame on them. Not only cultural appropriation, but even temporal appropriation? 😦How dare a person from the 21st century give 17th century dance classes? 😖

Tango was invented by Italian emigrants in Argentina. Why on earth shouldn't they be "white"? Not that I care much, as an Italian, whether I'm classified as "white" or "dark white" " light brown" or anything else.

You can not speak for others but it is good if you are mature enough to know what is the diffrence between appreciation and mockery.

It’s usually the “enlightened” white people who are offended for other people groups. 🙄😏

That's lovely my friend.

@@cosmicreef5858 funny how other people can speak for other cultures, but one person from the culture says its ok and sudenly they cannot speak for other people

@@cosmicreef5858 notice the post criticizing the girl is not from the local. It was actually from the foreigner outside Indonesia which is so laughable. even the local Indonesian are supporting the girl.

Tell them to stop wearing a seatbelt as well 😂

And stop eating Meatballs

No more Minecraft too, lol

And pizza

Or ANYTHING invented by whites. Like cars, planes, phones, computers...

People who get offended in this way are timid souls who see a chance to elevate themselves by criticizing others. Makes them feel powerful.

100% agree. They're full of you know what, start to finish. They ignore the very 'rules', they demand we have to obey. Bunch of a.holes.

fer real. so sad.

How does one even steal a culture? Set up a giant military force in the native land of the culture, using threat of violence/imprisonment to outlaw any and all expressions of said culture and then copying everything from it in one's own land, in place of the original culture? That's the only way I can think of.

Disagree. The whole "appropriation" thing came about because people DID take from other's cultures without crediting, a hold over from actual colonizing attitudes. Look at how black/ African American influence in music was handled as recently as Michael Jackson and you'll see corruption was very much alive. The issue is in the 2010s all the college kids HAD to prove how sensitive and anti-racist they were because Obama was president. That's when we saw the rise of "My culture is not a costume" and stereotypes being pulled (Speedy Gonzales, Apu). Just like body positivity, the cultural appropriation movement started out with a smart and solid message... until woke imbeciles bastardized it into the most basic and racist components.

​@@UndomaranelNo, it's just basic insecurity. Do you think Europeans give AF about the millions of people around the world enjoying their cultural exports.

Appropriation is appreciation

What happened to "multiculturalism"? Is it only one way? Reminds me of the young Chiefs fan accused of black face.

It's disgusting behaviour picking on her. She is probably devastated and inconsolable, the poor thing.

It’s really people seem to find racism in anything doesn’t matter. Could it be the air? It could be math math that’s how ridiculous this is. How about stop looking for all the nonsense and enjoy your life and let people live theirs.

Maybe physically grown adults, but to do this to a child goes to show they are not mentally grown adults.

If that makes you feel better I think they would bully even adult. The same people cried our slavic national dance fair had no black people in middle-age slavic cloth dancing classic dances. Thanks God for that I guess. We dodged the bullet there. Black people stealing the white culture?

Me and my sister fight about this topic and I'm on your side and yes I believe my sister showed me that black girl doing Irish dancing and she had no problem with it, but she hates when white people imitate dances/get dressed in First Nations apparel. So does her boyfriend. SMH.

@@ms.zelman3032 Then tell your Sis, that the harmonica should be taken away from the black Blues harp players. It is a pure German invention, was (and is) mass produced in Germany since much more than 100 years and mass-exported to the USA. The black folks picked them up because they were cheap and easy to carry and developed even their own technics. Can you imagine - the took OUR instrument and then plaid THEIR OWN style? How dare they? I am a white German engineer but also an electric blues harp player. I lived in Asia (!!) for ten years where I plaid in clubs all over the continent with my fellow excellent Asian musicians. Asians and European playing the Blues? Even getting paid for it? What the heck, for sure! And we plaid the Blues everywhere and local crowds were graving for it, dancing and singing and drinking till dawn... There are so many excellent Jazz venues there too, including absolutely top local and expat players, unbelievable. Like classic music, Asia is totally into it. Jazz is in taxis all over Taiwan and in India Blues Festivals are currently springing up everywhere. Get used to it, the USA is not a woke island.... We musicians never cared where you came from and we will never do so. I also plaid in places like Argentina, all over Europe, Australia, New Zealand and you know what? People give a damn about this cultural woke BS appropriation. And this is the way it is supposed to be. Peace! from Dresden / Germany

@@ms.zelman3032 As a Black girl, she won't put your traditional dancers out of work. What happens in America is that our musicians, and singers(creators)are copied. When Whites learn our music , they're hired and our musicians, singers and dancers aren't hired. Many used to die poor..That's what happens when your country loves your creations, but hates you.

I would think it's because the Irish don't face discrimination for being Irish (as far as I know). Usually, what makes cultural appropriation what it is is that people who don't experience discrimination use a certain part of another culture for their benefit even when the people of said culture face discrimination for exactly those aspects. That's how I've understood the concept, at least Edit: Some kind people have pointed out to me that I was utterly uneducated and the Irish did, in fact, go through decades or discrimination. I apologize for not having googled that in advance of commenting. I have since read up on Irish history and have educated myself. Everyone new to the conversation, I'd appreciate it if you stopped yelling at me. Thank you.

OH! This... have seen this so much in Japan too. Some Americans get upset when white people wear traditional Japanese kimono (like I remember this one little girl that wore kimono, and the internet tore her to shreds), but then when Americans visit Japan and want to wear Kimono too, and suddenly it's all "WOW, she ATE that", "stunning", "POC represent", "slay girl, so beautiful"...sigh.... and the word "cultural appropriation" they had been throwing around minutes before is lost from their vocabulary haha. Japan is also a great example, because Japanese people love sharing their culture and seeing foreigners in Kimono. None of my friends or anyone I've met here has had a problem with it.

I look at it as anyone can play Karate or Soccer.

​@@wednesdayschild3627 add Tahitian and Hula dancing.

@@nrsmythe and from my heritage- Highland Dance

I wish I could see what it looks like. I bet it looks cool.

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This is such a stupid analysis. It’s like me as an Indian saying that middle eastern dishes are Indian dishes because both are brown people. Also, funny how you say that but when we wanna associate colonialism with Europeans you guys sulk a lot.

Those people do not know what the word culture means to the point that I'm surprised they can even pronounce it

I even saw a video about British fashion throughout the decades. Which of course begs the question: if these bullies see a Chinese like me running around in Victorian-era attire or punk getup, would they accuse me of cultural appropriation?

They're just illiterate, there's plenty of cultures from europe, what the heck do they think middle ages knights came from? Or vikings? Or landsknecht? What about claymore? That's the product of a culture, of a civilization!

@@steponestudio7771 They assume that only USA people are the ones "with technology and innovation" and the rest of the countries are wild people living in the stone age xD

Yep. They're the haters. The young lady is fully appreciating and loving that culture.

Ballet was created in Italy. Do people have to do a DNA swab now, to prove they are of Italian decent if they want to dance in the ballet? I guess i can't breakdance or hip hop anymore...

Her parents should have made her enjoy her own heritage. Time to really get out of that "other is better" culture. It's a good thing that they attack specificaly that open mindedness, we did way too much of that.

​@@backintimealwyn5736 what year are you in?

That's communism for ya. It's almost like some ideologies should not be tolerated in western society.🤔🤔

Its cultural appreciation, not appropriation.

I can't count the number of blond, red (etc) heads dancing pro latin dances, and I don't care either, because these people dance these way better that I'll ever do. If I'm guilty of something, it's to be jealous of their talent, elegance and goddess'like shapes.😅

My mother taught Polynesian dances to include Hawai'ian, Samoan, Tahitian, Maori (New Zealand), etc. Never questioned anyone on where they were from before they were allowed to take classes from her. Always happy to share the culture. I actually find it quite annoying when people criticize other's learning our dance and our ways. This is how I see it..... They are calling people out for "cultural appropriation" and telling them to stop when we are actively trying to share our culture and keep it alive. If someone were to come up to me and tell me they stopped some white girl from dancing and learning Hula to help preserve my culture I would tell them they are not helping preserve my culture at all by doing that, they are helping to erase it. There is a difference between mocking a culture and appreciating it and I would argue that the people criticizing this girl in this video for actually doing it right are the ones that are actually insulting the culture...

Americans only see things through an American lens. Give grace. Not every situation is appropriation.

@@aldon560 Not all Americans - most of us have common sense. It's the loud ones who stand out, though.

That's the opposite of racist surley

Not much of a "friend."

Your friends don’t know the difference between cultural appropriation and learning about other cultures.

@YourWonderXianyun Don't you worry about that. I think it's awesome that you want to learn something new and embrace other cultures and languages!!! 😊👍🏾♥️

I mean what do you call it when someone is blatantly trying to stay uneducated and then making fun of people who do educate themselves?

but then it would be positive and nothing these people can whining about..

As long as it's not plagiarism. Give due credit and be respectful.

It used to be looked upon as a positive thing . Learning and adopting the best each had to offer

There's appreciation where the person is engaged in actually trying to get an understanding. Then there's mockery. Then there's ripping someone off in a shallow way. It would be worse if someone wore a culture's religious garments and, i don't know, recorded a music video. I grew up in Asia and a lot of my white classmates had spent as much time in Thailand or India or wherever as they had the west. They often spoke their local language. I think it made sense that some of them might have a cultural input of 50% western and 50% non-western. It seems harsh to presume malice and then rain fire and brimstone on some girl.

Well said!

And a personal culture no one wants to appreciate.

And how human psychology works. Learning about and participating in each other's culture is how different societies have build bridges across cultural differences and become allied all throughout history. It's almost as though the types of people spreading this "cultural appropriation"-nonsense WANT cultures and races to be completely segregated and resenting each other... Sigh...

It's disgusting how they claim white people, "have no culture". Try saying that in Italy, Poland, or Greece. They'll be booed out of the country.

​@@VelkanAngelsAgreed. I come from a military family with a long tradition of marrying in the country we are deployed to for long term. I am a mix of Native American, Irish and Norwegian. I have a half sister who is Japanese. Several cousins who are Korean. More cousins who are Phillipino. Our family reunions are a mix of cultures, and we believe we are stronger because of it .

shows you how truly mentally ill are those people accusing whites of cultural appropriation; or perhaps they are racist and do not want whites to appreciate the culture of other races.

hell, japenese ballet dancers are probably the most graceful dancers on the planet too

Cultural appropriation can only be committed by a dominating / oppressing culture - for example the culture of former colonialist European occupiers in America or Africa who committed "cultural appropriation" by exporting and selling (=exploiting) indigenous practices (and wealth) like dances, craftwork or clothing to their own advantage. They were and still are making money with it - and the original culture does not profit. This is the concept of cultural appropriation.

@@moinmoin4485 which sounds alright on paper, but as we see, used often than not maliciously by people who don't understand the nonsense they're spewing. This is part of the inherent issue with dividing everyone into oppressed, oppressor, and various shades in between. Sounds great on an academic research paper in the humanities or social sciences, but try and make a real world framework out of it and you only cause further societal strife and segregation through entrenched identity politics which only contribute to further intensify the ongoing culture wars.

Don't forget suits... those darn people culturally appropriating my culture of suits!

@@ilivgur Well said!

and you wrote all that using the english language.

@@karl-niclasburner8451 Ignoble, I know... I'll self-flagellate tonight.

How dare you, if it wasn't for you and those meddling kids!!! Kek

Well said!!!👍

​@@ptitgavrocheI'm an Irish/Native American mix, but I take my vodka with equal family sized cans of soup for breakfast paired with a 32 oz glass of whiskey for breakfast only to be belly dancing to Norwegian metal bands by noon. Then sleep soundly until third shift loving that graveyard shift culture.

and we in southeast asia are actually very inclusive.

@@jmgonzales7701are you offended or something about this European girl doing the traditional dance? Seriously, I’m sorry but people in the Western Hemisphere are very good at ruining unity and respect among people in the world. You’re so good at it; is like you want us (old world) to be like you (people in that hemisphere)

I’m so glad Indonesians called that tweet out. I find it weird when people get offended on others behalf…

@@Blakmagic88 that’s literally white American overtly liberal on black, yellow, and brown people… it is cringe and it needs to stop! Americans need to know they and their conduct of society is not the centre of the world any longer.

"people who are not from the culture they're trying to 'defend', should shut their mouth". This 1000%

Sooo: since attacking that navajo boy for wearing a festive indian headress with his favourite teams colors went so well, let's now attack an indonesian girl for practising this dance, specific to her culture. Great work, as kids are always the root of all evil. Only ever teach them Hate.

But you know what the mean-spirited people will say she's "too white" to do this, but I on the other hand congratulate her for learning these types of intricate and precise dance moves, which in itself is telling a story!!

Even if she was an Inuit or whatever other culture, not living in Indonesia, who is intrigued by this dance and wants to enjoy and learn this dance. That shows interest and appreciation of another culture. I do think that you have to be careful with for example religious music, mourning music. But that is basically respectful behaviour.

Doesn't look too mixed-race to me. Edit: the Balinese mother could be a step-mother.

​@@RUHappyATMSometimes genetics works like that, which is not uncommon.

Yes and the ones calling her out need to understand that you are not just one race. If people took DNA tests they would find out they are more than one race. Hell, the most racist white man alive found out that he has African American in his blood. Wonder what its like to hate themselves. 🤭

She's keeping Indonesian traditions alive. That's cultural appreciation. Not appropriation. Appropriation strips all meaning of the culture out of it. Appreciation keeps it alive.

Thanks to the bigots that hate this girl I have learned about a new style of dance and I have since become absorbed in learning more about this fascinating dance! It’s awesome!!!

Yea you know, this is probably written by people who did so after a yoga session and a pizza, while wearing a bandana

Your cultures dances are beautiful. If I had any grace I would try to learn them. But I do not and I would shame both of our cultures.

Yes!!! 👏👏👏

I just wanna say as a Amercian....indos are awesome. #❤️ Indonesia

thanks for your feedback

Bilang om 🔥😂 dasar sjw 😂

Masterfully said!

On twitter most black Americans think white Americans shouldn't be rappers because rap music is black American culture

unfortunately as with a lot of american things its spreading and you will find plenty of kids in the UK who are now saying the same rubbish.

No it is not. I am living in Europe and it is a thing here too. Maybe not in all countries, but I see we are trying hard to copy the American society.

​@@katcat92 that's sad

@@GreatSageSunWukongthis!! When it’s starts in the US, it ALWAYS spreads. Almost like a cancer.

That has nothing to do with wokeness. It has to do with stupidity.

Yeah but wearing a black belt I bet they don't attack you like they did this little girl

@@sygendron woke/stupid... I can't see the difference

I too studied Karate (Japanese) then Taekwondo (Korean) for thirty years. The people from both cultures came to Australia to share their art after Australian students went to their countries to study. Many students have made their way since then to share in the learning

@@sygendron Wokeness has become a synonym for stupidity just like feminism has become a synonym for misandry.

True, I'm Indonesian too, and I'm proud this girl dance Legong.

This makes me happy. I learned gamelan at university in Australia and also Indonesian language. Love Indonesian language and cultures.

Exactly. One of the best classical Guitar performances of Bach I ever heard was by an Indonesian man called Lianto Tjahjoputro. At no point did I think it was European appropriation. I thought it was wonderful. Sharing an interest and love for our arts and cultures as human beings brings us together.

@@DextraVisual I will need to look up that guitarist. Thanks :)

It’s such an interesting dance that I want to learn but I don’t even know where to find someone to teach ke

Thank you! I really don't understand how people, who aren't even a part of the culture being discussed, think that they can decide how the people whose culture it actually is should respond to this 'appropriation'. As others have said, it's appreciation. And isn't imitation the highest form of flattery?

Absolutely!

True, i also supported❤

Especially since she's swedish-indonesian herself. It's also "her" dance, if one wanted to keep up the gatekeeping-argument of "only this people can do this stuff"... ironic how those people are saying "She can't dance this because she's not indonesian" ... but she is.

So was the girl

Yes broo ❤❤❤

sad that it's being called a "crime"

As a black person myself, I find it to be racial ignorance! People are shallow. Everyone has taken something from everybody’s culture.

It's her culture too in terms of lineage and in terms of participating in it. It happens in my cultures too where outsiders see people who are too this or too that or not enough whatever and so "clearly" they don't belong and are stealing 🙄 its bs.

Actually people SHOULD care. Especially if she's really talented. Talented people deserve to be known

people don't care when the culture getting "stolen" is white XD the whole ordeal about cultural appropriation is so fucking dumb

I recently get really mad at my Filipina wife. She wanted to cook me a GERMAN lunch!!!! She wants GERMAN Christmas decoration!!! She wants to learn GERMAN!!! She wants to a GERMAN driving license!!!! She wants a GERMAN Gartenzwerg (garden dwarf, a real old-fashion garden decoration of cute little dwarfs made from pottery).... I really needed to get mad at her. No, just kidding. And her Bratwurst with mustard, potatoes, Sauerkraut and gravy cooking-style is excellent! May I have one more, sweety? Peace! from Dresden / Germany

@@gerdlunau8411 As I read this, my Filipina wife(I'm a white guy in California) is cooking some Mexican food. That's a white guy with a Filipina wife in the States cooking Mexican food. And that's on top of the both of us speaking fluent English and Tagalog all the time. Oh man, I'm a cultural appropriation nightmare. 🤣🤣🤣 Oh an off topic note, are there a lot of Filipinos in Europe?

Only german nativ speakers should sing Wagner? That's all crazy!

I’d love all these haters to sink their teeth into the Asian prodigies of the classical music world. I doubt Chloe Chua gets the same hate as the girl doing Indonesian dance. Maybe they should though….. if only to finally hear Paganiniana.

You left out yellow. I'm offended now😀

You are absolutely correct.

Boy are you wrong. But i get it. People of your coloring have no culture.

The only example of actual bad cultural appropriation I can think of is when cultural objects (like boomerangs, feather crowns, artwork, traditional clothing etc) are copied, cheaply mass produced and sold without it benefitting the (possibly struggling) people from that culture.

You are right...cultures have always inter-mingled and exchanged throughout time.

Untrue. Racists don't appreciate the culture of the people they oppress and criminalize. They think they own it *cough* "share it" when it's time to exploit it. In this scenario, this girl is Balinese as she is a direct descendant of the culture(and lives there) via her mother being Balinese. She's definitely expressing her cultural pride and interests. I agree this is folly to call this cultural appropriation

It's probably because they'll find a way to say they invented it and it some how came from their ancestors. The amount of times I've seen this claim about stuff is astounding.

because everything white people do is BOOOO and everything non-white people do is YAYYYYY and that's why I stopped taking people seriously.

Ðouble standards. So wrong !!

Her name is Morgan Bullock.

She might have some Irish heritage. However, it is double standards to crap on white people for cultural appreciation and not other races.

The mentality of a 2 year old with a "mine" phase

Lol, yeah, this is cultural appropriation, but making a Danish, red haired, extremely pale skinned character black is okay.

Imagine that...

Another example: literally wearing the hair of impoverished Indian and South-East Asian women on their (not Indian or SE Asian) head in the form of wigs/weaves, but then viciously attacking white women for having the "audacity" to braid the hair that grows out of their own heads in a certain style.

@@rachelmarie2228 Not just OK, but required. You know, for 'modern audiences'.

Diversity looks different now days. Things really did turn up-side-down, maybe that's what the Mayan calender meant. 😆

the girls doesnt need to "appreciate" the culture, it is her culture. She is Indonesian

@@mercadvSo, people can not “appreciate” their own culture?

@@mercadvSo, people can not “appreciate” their own culture?

@@stanbily9416 im just coreecting you

They'll make some excuse for why it's okay for them. It's only not okay if you're white practicing another culture. But it's okay if you're a different culture- they can do what you want. Their reason is because white people have a history of oppressing other cultures, so now we can't appreciate the cultures we used to oppress.

Exactly haha. And people are out there complaining that ballet shoes don't match darker skin tones, and are literally asking for attire to be changed to suit darker skin ( yes great, good to diversify), but this girl is just dancing, not even saying like "ah can we change this, I don't like that" and people are losing their minds... over the fact that she's simply dancing. lmao... why can't we all share and enjoy each others culture? It does call for some change sometimes, like the ballet shoes, but if that is OK, why not this girl just dancing???

@@SkyeAten Precious Adam is a black woman doing ballet and she has darker thighs and darker point shoes. So maybe they just don't look at the right place?

@@aryaeliadel3094I think you’re missing the point that they want the entire business around it to change whilst she is doing the dance without changing anything.

That's so fun!! In America, I had this only one year, but it was such a great time 😁

Ooohhh this is so cool !

My history teacher in Jr. High (boy, that dates me ... middle school in the US these days) had the whole school do a celebration of where we came from as immigrants ... I got Lithuania. We celebrated the diverse backgrounds and it was fun to learn about everything ... and we weren't even multicultural 'cause it was a looooong time ago. Thank you for bringing back this memory.

Yes my class did that in primary school too, and over 35 years later I still remember all the interesting things I learned about other cultures.

very Kool !

nailed iT

perfect!

Damn, that deserves an applause, perfect!

In fact, all cultures are cults (in a way). People behave in certain ways because their cult(ure) has taught them to do so. It starts to become scary when a cult tells you to shun others who don't believe as you do or mass self deletion...

Excessive gatekeeping undermines itself due to its obsessive nature.

Or be an Acupuncturist-- I've been told I'm appropriating Asian culture for having a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM). And I'm 1/2 Asian.. People are ridiculous.

No sushi for u

And no chocolate or coffee for anyone who isn't from Latin America.

then how about chuck norris?

So no to yoga??? Seriously? As an Indian, why not??

I like to call them liars. They know better but all they have is lies and rage over the lies.

Notice how the people who complain about this are always "offended" on behalf of someone else. There's a video of a white guy wearing a sombrero and people, mainly white people are shaming him for wearing something Mexican. Then he asks actual Mexicans if they're offended and none of them(ad anything negative to say about him.

She was Greek and was the FIRST cultural appropriator :P she BECAME them, to be literally worshiped as a goddess. aka for clout ;)

@@Sadlander2ya, but didn’t Egypt itself went on the offensive because they were actually upset about that documentary. So the group who should be offended was actually offended and calling the people behind it out.

@@Fujoshi1412 It's crazy isn't it. Also most Egyptians aren't even descended from "The Egyptians" either,they're mostly of Arab descent from when it was colonized,the closest relations are the minority Coptic community. The world is a very nuanced and complex entity and these over simplified (and completely wrong) narratives are so dangerous. This brain infection/parasite that the professionally offended have seriously worries me.

True but they don't call it as theirs, they respect it by calling it western......I proudly say I love western clothes.....

Its not the Asians claiming appropriation tho. Its ppl who arent Asian acting offended

Its not the Balinese who are upset. It's westerners.

Exactly, they are hypocrites. I'm African, I will tell you for free that I love the things that the white men bought to us, their music, their dressing and their culture. I also love when I see people from other countries, even black, white, Asian or who ever participate in our culture, it's very amazing to see different people enjoying things that are foreign to them. We all do it. Cultural appropriation is just cultural appreciation.

I wonder if any of them celebrates Halloween, or do waltz. Or if they get upset if a "white person" eats Chinese takeout, it's also cultural appropriation after all XD

Basically how they think, yeah. Total nut jobs.

"I cook a lot of cheesecakes to sell (I'm not from Greece)" Now you made me laugh straight out non-stop! That was a good one! to the woke!

@@framestomind7548 There is so much more that I could add, lol.

@@BosqueView yes box, do it when they attack the most frequently, short-circuit them, and make em hear you out loud the next time they come your way! haha! good on you!

Even the lgbt will eat their own. No one is safe 🤣🤣🤣

Such a beautiful term, cultural appreciation. I'll start using it in debates with idiots.

You can't even admire another culture, which is something honorable

The "discussion" was "evolved" from accussing the girl did cultural appropriation into straightly mocking the dance itself. The guy only want to insult not virtue signaling. And as you know us Indonesian especially the Balinese don't like his attitude.

It also looks like a difficult dance, one of those where every movement is carefully crafted. If she were mocking it sure but she obviously is treating it with care and respect

People mistake malice for mistakes.

I appreciate your sentiment, but the people doing this are intentionally hateful to her to get social credit.

​@@napoearththat's unfortunately true.

Your post was fantastic.

Phew, im German. We I vented very much. 😂

Yes!!! And that must mean that Tribal Fusion Bellydance ITSELF is racist- since it's a fusion of different cultures...People are so dumb...they don't even see how their own actions are racist while they ridicule a little girl dancing.So messed up to think like that

By this logic all Europeans are racist just by the fact that we learn 3 to 5 languages depending on the country (I'm European and we don't see each other with a skin colour but from a cultural background based on the country or countries we are from and living in). The wrong cultural appropriation mindset is such an American idea, the rest of the world doesn't share or agree with, it's just showing how much literacy they have.

It's only cultural appropriation when visibly white people do it.....

I've come to the conclusion that cultural appropriation is just another concept that's been retooled to act as a wedge issue. Divide and conquer is the oldest play in the book. Yes, it exists when someone doesn't give credit to the cultural origin or engages disrespectfully. But, most people are engaging in another cultural practice because they are truly interested or have some connection to it, however slight.